Section # 4 Kelly’s Piece &
Playground & Route 6 Trolley
Maybe after the dance, you want to sit down on one of the benches that’s behind the Glenside Free Library Signage, and relax your legs a bit. Massage your calves and make yourself comfortable.
This is Pamela and I’m a Junior majoring in Scientific Illustration with a Pre-Med emphasis. Let me tell you about this nice resting area.
This circle of waving benches is a public art piece created by the 2020 Arcadia Public Art Project, Artist in Residence, Kelly Cave and her cohort of students. When Covid-19 hit, she couldn’t meet with her students in person, and had to work on the production by herself. However, this spring during the install, many of us from this walking tour project helped in this exciting process. We shoveled dirt, drilled in screws, laid gravel, and even saved baby beetles we found while helping. It’s amazing to see how a piece of public art all came to life with many people’s hands!
Kelly tells us, “It’s very important that people know it’s a community based project and without the help of the Arcadia and Glenside community, not only have I had their help, but their support… without it wouldn’t exist. I did a lot of the groundwork and fabrication of it, but having something as simple like the Arcadia maintenance come dig out the holes, was so incredibly supportive. And having a library and letting us use their bathroom, water and electricity….and having a community to support a project like this makes all the difference in the world... you know it’s just- THANK YOU! It’s great!”
Let’s walk up and visit the playground. When was the last time you visited a playground? Do you know how to play on the swings? Lula is a 4-year-old Glenside resident. As a frequent visitor at this playground, she is happy to teach you the right way to swing. Please bear with the windy background; she really has some valuable instructions for you: “So you use some handles to hold on to it...and someone needs to push me very fast....and I put my legs out and in, out and in, out and in, out and in…” If you think you can handle that, and want to be fancy, Lula suggested that you try “Superhero Style.” She puts her belly on the swing, and keeps her arms and legs as straight as possible. When her dad pushes the swing, she goes: “woooooo, woooooooo ”. Just like a powerful superhero in action.
Head back on Waverly Road. Starting in 1907, the Route # 6 Trolley ran through this area for almost 80 years. The trolley, also called a streetcar, connected Glenside with Philadelphia. It helped trigger rapid urban growth and with it, the suburbs.
While listening to a recording of the Route # 6 Trolley, turn left on Bickley road.
This is Pamela and I’m a Junior majoring in Scientific Illustration with a Pre-Med emphasis. Let me tell you about this nice resting area.
This circle of waving benches is a public art piece created by the 2020 Arcadia Public Art Project, Artist in Residence, Kelly Cave and her cohort of students. When Covid-19 hit, she couldn’t meet with her students in person, and had to work on the production by herself. However, this spring during the install, many of us from this walking tour project helped in this exciting process. We shoveled dirt, drilled in screws, laid gravel, and even saved baby beetles we found while helping. It’s amazing to see how a piece of public art all came to life with many people’s hands!
Kelly tells us, “It’s very important that people know it’s a community based project and without the help of the Arcadia and Glenside community, not only have I had their help, but their support… without it wouldn’t exist. I did a lot of the groundwork and fabrication of it, but having something as simple like the Arcadia maintenance come dig out the holes, was so incredibly supportive. And having a library and letting us use their bathroom, water and electricity….and having a community to support a project like this makes all the difference in the world... you know it’s just- THANK YOU! It’s great!”
Let’s walk up and visit the playground. When was the last time you visited a playground? Do you know how to play on the swings? Lula is a 4-year-old Glenside resident. As a frequent visitor at this playground, she is happy to teach you the right way to swing. Please bear with the windy background; she really has some valuable instructions for you: “So you use some handles to hold on to it...and someone needs to push me very fast....and I put my legs out and in, out and in, out and in, out and in…” If you think you can handle that, and want to be fancy, Lula suggested that you try “Superhero Style.” She puts her belly on the swing, and keeps her arms and legs as straight as possible. When her dad pushes the swing, she goes: “woooooo, woooooooo ”. Just like a powerful superhero in action.
Head back on Waverly Road. Starting in 1907, the Route # 6 Trolley ran through this area for almost 80 years. The trolley, also called a streetcar, connected Glenside with Philadelphia. It helped trigger rapid urban growth and with it, the suburbs.
While listening to a recording of the Route # 6 Trolley, turn left on Bickley road.
